Provisions of Petroleum Act applicable.
Section 30
SEC. 30. Provisions of Petroleum Act applicable. —The provisions of the Petroleum Act of 1949, as amended, shall not be applicable to the service contract provided in this Act, except the, following Articles: Article 16, referring to public easements on lands covered by concessions; Article 17, providing that petroleum operations are subject to existing mining rights, permits, leases and concessions in respect of substances other than petroleum and to existing petroleum rights; Article 18, referring to the right of the Government to establish reservations or grant mining rights on petroleum concessions; Article 20, granting exploration and exploitation concessionaires the right to enter private lands covered by their concessions; Article 21, referring to easement and the exercise of the right of eminent domain over private lands for the purpose of carrying out any work essential to petroleum operations; Article 22, providing for easement over public land for the purpose of carrying out any work essential to petroleum operations; and Article 23, which grants concessionaires the right to utilize for any of the work to which the concession relates, timber, water and clay from any public lands within their concessions.